55th Engineer Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 June 2007

55th Engineer Company Lineage

Constituted 8 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 489th Engineer Water Supply Battalion

Activated 31 October 1942 at Camp Maxey, Texas

Reorganized and redesignated 31 August 1944 as the 1519th Engineer Water Supply Company

Inactivated 25 January 1946 in Japan

Redesignated 21 November 1946 as the 1519th Engineer Construction Company

Activated 2 December 1946 in Germany

Reorganized and redesignated 27 June 1947 as the 55th Engineer Construction Company

Inactivated 1 September 1947 in Germany

Redesignated 12 August 1948 as the 55th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company

Activated 15 September 1948 in Japan

Inactivated 1 November 1951 in Korea

Redesignated 17 December 1951 as the 55th Engineer Panel Bridge Company

Allotted 19 December 1951 to the Regular Army

Activated 19 January 1952 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 55th Engineer Company

Inactivated 15 October 2000 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Activated 16 May 2007 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

55th Engineer Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Bismarck Archipelago; Luzon

Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive

Decorations

Army Superior Unit Award for 1995-1996

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945